I am here today to complain about threads in PD. Specifically, not every thread interests me, and I find this to be very rude on the part of You People. I feel a compulsion to click every thread with new activity, and the sick feeling I get as I click on threads that don't interest me is sometimes too much to bear.
PD is here for ME. I expect threads to reflect that fact. This board had BETTER be all I want it to be, or by God, I'll demand my money back. I may even write The Times. You just see if I don't.
Is it so hard to stop for a second before hitting the post button, and ask yourself "Is this something Doktor Howl would appreciate"? No. It isn't. So if you're talking about music on a technical level, SHUT UP. If you're talking about science that I didn't learn or have forgotten, SHUT UP. If you're discussing Robert Anton Wilson or Timothy Leary, for God's sake, SHUT UP.
Lest you forget, I am the main character, and I'll thank all of you extras to remember that.
Now, to help you with choosing a topic that is suitable for PD (read: me), I have some guidelines that may assist you:
1. Ideally, the thread should be about me. If it cannot for some reason be about me, it should be about something I am known to be interested in.
2. If you cannot for some reason adhere to rule #1, just post in one of my threads instead. If you do this AND you stay on topic, everything will be just fine.
3. If you cannot adhere to rules 1 & 2, then your remaining option is to SHUT UP.
There. I think that should make it very easy to post on PD, and I expect traffic to go through the ROOF, just as soon as you fuckers get on the stick and remember what's really important: Me.
Okay for now or kill me,
Doktor Howl
This message paid for by Facebook Discordia.
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:24:05 PM
This message paid for you by Dok's account on Facebook Discordia.
Fixed.
Facebook is full of things that aren't about me. And that's
wrong.
:lulz:
Just playing devils advocate. Personally I like a thread that can act as a personal stories camp. It helps concentrate it all in one place so I can ignore that thread and sell it to advertising research companies.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9XxzvaVsAIw/TgLHyaq5Z4I/AAAAAAAAC7c/1AC7XhK59tM/s1600/Feldman_ok.jpg)
If I had my way, we'd rename the place Richard Nixon's Festering Corpse, bring back the rainbow-vomit color scheme, and it would be wall to wall puns. Puns would be oozing out of the screen and onto your pants.
I would be happy.
C'mon, make it happen!!!!
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
Just playing devils advocate. Personally I like a thread that can act as a personal stories camp. It helps concentrate it all in one place so I can ignore that thread and sell it to advertising research companies.
If a fluff thread turns PD into Facebook, then Zuckerberg owes you royalties. Just saying.
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
This ain't a content sweatshop for people who couldn't cover their book advances and now have to write Romance Novels under the name Rosemary Titsworth.
Quote from: Reverend What's-His-Name? on May 09, 2012, 04:29:07 PM
If I had my way, we'd rename the place Richard Nixon's Festering Corpse,
I am in favor of this.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
Just playing devils advocate. Personally I like a thread that can act as a personal stories camp. It helps concentrate it all in one place so I can ignore that thread and sell it to advertising research companies.
If a fluff thread turns PD into Facebook, then Zuckerberg owes you royalties. Just saying.
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
This ain't a content sweatshop for people who couldn't cover their book advances and now have to write Romance Novels under the name Rosemary Titsworth.
Honestly, I don't check OPen Bar very often one way or the other. I've been largely absent the past week, but that's because I'm crashing at Villager's and checking out apartments. Not that I'm a content driver, but I haven't had the chance to really post anything much, fluff or no.
I am looking forward to getting back to the Waffle Iron comic.
Since I'll be in Providence with the spags on Saturday I might take the opportunity to snap some shots.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
you know it says that for up to 20 minutes after someone logs off right? That thing isn't accurate and hasn't been since we switched from smf 1 to 2.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
Just playing devils advocate. Personally I like a thread that can act as a personal stories camp. It helps concentrate it all in one place so I can ignore that thread and sell it to advertising research companies.
If a fluff thread turns PD into Facebook, then Zuckerberg owes you royalties. Just saying.
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
This ain't a content sweatshop for people who couldn't cover their book advances and now have to write Romance Novels under the name Rosemary Titsworth.
:lulz:
Also, I'll add a vote in favor of naming the next fluff-ghetto thread Richard Nixon's Festering Corpse.
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:34:19 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
you know it says that for up to 20 minutes after someone logs off right? That thing isn't accurate and hasn't been since we switched from smf 1 to 2.
Yeah. But does it matter if a few of them are AFK? Half the time, they're moving around, and still just VIEWING. Having 30 people here doing nothing is the same as having nobody here at all.
But that's not the point. The point is, if we start dictating - or just pressuring people - what content is or is not worthy, then we're going to have a hell of a lot LESS traffic, and that translates out to me and Enki posting to ourselves.
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:36:36 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
Just playing devils advocate. Personally I like a thread that can act as a personal stories camp. It helps concentrate it all in one place so I can ignore that thread and sell it to advertising research companies.
If a fluff thread turns PD into Facebook, then Zuckerberg owes you royalties. Just saying.
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
This ain't a content sweatshop for people who couldn't cover their book advances and now have to write Romance Novels under the name Rosemary Titsworth.
:lulz:
Also, I'll add a vote in favor of naming the next fluff-ghetto thread Richard Nixon's Festering Corpse.
I've been demanding that name for every board I've regged at since 2005. A few of them even did it.
Some of them are still up.
https://www.google.com/search?q=richard+nixons+festering+corpse&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a#hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=CSp&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&sa=X&ei=MI-qT-rbC8eHhQe24sC_Ag&ved=0CBcQvwUoAA&q=%22richard+nixon%27s+festering+corpse%22&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=ae76709a7d745be7&biw=1440&bih=757
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:37:31 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:34:19 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
you know it says that for up to 20 minutes after someone logs off right? That thing isn't accurate and hasn't been since we switched from smf 1 to 2.
Yeah. But does it matter if a few of them are AFK? Half the time, they're moving around, and still just VIEWING. Having 30 people here doing nothing is the same as having nobody here at all.
But that's not the point. The point is, if we start dictating - or just pressuring people - what content is or is not worthy, then we're going to have a hell of a lot LESS traffic, and that translates out to me and Enki posting to ourselves.
Yeah, I've noticed that a common sentiment among noobs has been intimidation about whether their posts are "worthy". A lot of people have said that they would post, but didn't feel like they had anything "good enough" to say.
Fuckit, man. I think that this whole pressure/intimidation thing needs to SHUTUP.
I mean, if someone posts something that's just stupid, it'll get picked apart and criticized, but vetting it for "content value" just seems dumb. It runs the risk of turning into content elitism, and that makes even people who do post awesome stuff more leery to post, because what if they fail? what if it's less good than usual, and it lowers them in everyone's estimation?
Sure, it sounds silly, but I'm pretty sure it's happening.
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:40:27 PM
Yeah, I've noticed that a common sentiment among noobs has been intimidation about whether their posts are "worthy". A lot of people have said that they would post, but didn't feel like they had anything "good enough" to say.
Fuckit, man. I think that this whole pressure/intimidation thing needs to SHUTUP.
I have no sympathy for people who feel pressured. This whole century, all over the world, is a place where you SHUT UP. As for me, my mama told me "When the rock hits you, holler!" She did NOT say "When the rock hits you, holler
if you have something pithy to say.
The very idea that you shouldn't lose your shit or rant your guts up because you don't feel that it would be "good enough" is a sign of Pink conditioning having its effect. Rants are like WOMPs: quality means NOTHING! It's all about the WRATH.
And if someone doesn't like what you posted, kick 'em in the nads. IN THA NADS!
This is not a graduate level English course. This is not a place you post when you've finally written
War and Peace. This is a Goddamn Fighting Jesus Up In Your Shit DISCORDIAN BOARD, and there's no fucking grading system. RAGE OUT OR DIE, AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SHUT UP, KILL ME!
ETA: Not just ranting, either. I want you to FURIOUSLY tell me how your day was, if that's all you have to say. JUST FUCKING SAY IT.
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:40:27 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:37:31 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:34:19 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
you know it says that for up to 20 minutes after someone logs off right? That thing isn't accurate and hasn't been since we switched from smf 1 to 2.
Yeah. But does it matter if a few of them are AFK? Half the time, they're moving around, and still just VIEWING. Having 30 people here doing nothing is the same as having nobody here at all.
But that's not the point. The point is, if we start dictating - or just pressuring people - what content is or is not worthy, then we're going to have a hell of a lot LESS traffic, and that translates out to me and Enki posting to ourselves.
Yeah, I've noticed that a common sentiment among noobs has been intimidation about whether their posts are "worthy". A lot of people have said that they would post, but didn't feel like they had anything "good enough" to say.
Fuckit, man. I think that this whole pressure/intimidation thing needs to SHUTUP.
I felt that way my first couple of months here, and then I thought, eh fuck it.
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:43:27 PM
I mean, if someone posts something that's just stupid, it'll get picked apart and criticized, but vetting it for "content value" just seems dumb. It runs the risk of turning into content elitism, and that makes even people who do post awesome stuff more leery to post, because what if they fail? what if it's less good than usual, and it lowers them in everyone's estimation?
Sure, it sounds silly, but I'm pretty sure it's happening.
Actually, that is pretty much how I have felt, recently, I am by no means a massive Producer Of Content, and home issues and trying to get back into work are taking up my time. That and I seem to have been sucked into the Feminist Blogosphere, which may or may not be turning me into a Angry Harpy. Or, to be more fair, I find the carping about Content BORING, and I wanna know how the hell you Glorious Faggots are doing.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:38:07 PM
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:36:36 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:26:30 PM
Just playing devils advocate. Personally I like a thread that can act as a personal stories camp. It helps concentrate it all in one place so I can ignore that thread and sell it to advertising research companies.
If a fluff thread turns PD into Facebook, then Zuckerberg owes you royalties. Just saying.
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
This ain't a content sweatshop for people who couldn't cover their book advances and now have to write Romance Novels under the name Rosemary Titsworth.
:lulz:
Also, I'll add a vote in favor of naming the next fluff-ghetto thread Richard Nixon's Festering Corpse.
I've been demanding that name for every board I've regged at since 2005. A few of them even did it.
I think that was also the name of the POEE board for a while too, IIRC.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 04:49:17 PM
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:40:27 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:37:31 PM
Quote from: Faust on May 09, 2012, 04:34:19 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:30:44 PM
And come to think of it, I'd rather deal with Facebook for Weirdos than having every user VIEWING THE INDEX OF PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA for days at a time.
you know it says that for up to 20 minutes after someone logs off right? That thing isn't accurate and hasn't been since we switched from smf 1 to 2.
Yeah. But does it matter if a few of them are AFK? Half the time, they're moving around, and still just VIEWING. Having 30 people here doing nothing is the same as having nobody here at all.
But that's not the point. The point is, if we start dictating - or just pressuring people - what content is or is not worthy, then we're going to have a hell of a lot LESS traffic, and that translates out to me and Enki posting to ourselves.
Yeah, I've noticed that a common sentiment among noobs has been intimidation about whether their posts are "worthy". A lot of people have said that they would post, but didn't feel like they had anything "good enough" to say.
Fuckit, man. I think that this whole pressure/intimidation thing needs to SHUTUP.
I felt that way my first couple of months here, and then I thought, eh fuck it.
I did too, and then I got hammered and Holiness
TM leaked out everywhere.
Actually it was ripping on weltburger for me. I had made a few posts here and there until the whole womp fiasco. Then i was known and noted and everyone knew what i looked like within a day.
UNSOLICITED OPINION:
Not to talk back to any Adults on here but it occurs to me that while the Adults are entitled to have their opinions, quirks, rages and personality flaws that make everyone unique run on cruise-control around here, others are also entitled to let their opinions and shit run the same way...the sum of which is dissent, disc(h)ord and shit no one wants to put up with.
People bitching about your threads is par for the course...just like people counter-bitching about the bitching is as well.
If you can dish it out but can't take it, YOU HAVE 100% RIGHT TO COMPLAIN.
Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn. I really should be seen and not heard, I know.
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 06:45:19 PM
Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn. I really should be seen and not heard, I know.
After reading that, I wish admins could use the ignore feature.
Dok,
Is sick & tired of the fucking drama, especially when it gets in the way of the funny.
Shit. Now my writing zone is fucked.
THANKS FOR CLINGING TO YOUR ASS BURN AND HANDING IT BACK OUT TO EVERYONE, NAVKAT!
I FUCKING APPRECIATE IT!
I think i missed something. But either way dok theres always the letter of complaint thread. Pick a target and go to town. Also have you hassled the very uncharacteristically jew hating anarchist today?
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 06:59:08 PM
I think i missed something. But either way dok theres always the letter of complaint thread. Pick a target and go to town. Also have you hassled the very uncharacteristically jew hating anarchist today?
What you missed is Navkat turning into Khara, apparently, or at least doing a very good imitation. Now, if anyone has any fun, she'll make sure to let you know that she's still asshurt. She must be a fucking BLAST at parties.
And what Jew-hating anarchist? Is that in DECI4's thread?
No your new coworker.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:13:41 PM
No your new coworker.
Oh, him? No, he got fired last night. Which makes me sad.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:14:37 PM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:13:41 PM
No your new coworker.
Oh, him? No, he got fired last night. Which makes me sad.
For something mundane I bet.
I'll admit that was smack with sarcasm. I thought it'd be taken as a sharp-edged way of laughing (and making light of) at the whole situation given the ironic similarities.
It was meant to be biting, recursive way of illuminating how suppressing people's feelings is a slippery slope of pointlessness since people are going to be who they are. I make another reference in the same vein elsewhere, I do believe.
I won't deny that I'm venting some of my own frustrations. I'm just not telling people to get bent about it.
He got fired? It must have been spectacular considering the general ineptness inherent at your company.
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 07:15:56 PM
I'll admit that was smack with sarcasm. I thought it'd be taken as a sharp-edged way of laughing (and making light of) at the whole situation given the ironic similarities.
It was meant to be biting, recursive way of illuminating how suppressing people's feelings is a slippery slope of pointlessness since people are going to be who they are. I make another reference in the same vein elsewhere, I do believe.
I won't deny that I'm venting some of my own frustrations. I'm just not telling people to get bent about it.
Yeah, whatever. Thanks for tanking my thread, and my mood. It won't be happening again, at least until I'm dumb enough to forget to blow past your posts.
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:16:17 PM
He got fired? It must have been spectacular considering the general ineptness inherent at your company.
All companies are like this, Twid. You just have to have a certain altitude to see it.
And he was fired for being too good to get his hands dirty. Nothing special.
Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:24:13 PM
Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Nope. He was just unable to, you know, work.
He's waiting for that glorious day, when The Man is struck down, and nobody has to do anything anymore.
Also though i am fairly well know for having been dr. S's assistant im not exactly high on the totem pole at work.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:18:56 PM
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 07:15:56 PM
I'll admit that was smack with sarcasm. I thought it'd be taken as a sharp-edged way of laughing (and making light of) at the whole situation given the ironic similarities.
It was meant to be biting, recursive way of illuminating how suppressing people's feelings is a slippery slope of pointlessness since people are going to be who they are. I make another reference in the same vein elsewhere, I do believe.
I won't deny that I'm venting some of my own frustrations. I'm just not telling people to get bent about it.
Yeah, whatever. Thanks for tanking my thread, and my mood. It won't be happening again, at least until I'm dumb enough to forget to blow past your posts.
Okie dokie. So we've established that my opening my mouth around here except with some well-mannered, flawless addition of real
content is unwelcome.
Thank you for proving my point...not the way I'd
hoped it'd be proven but 360º in the other direction.
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 07:15:56 PM
I'll admit that was smack with sarcasm. I thought it'd be taken as a sharp-edged way of laughing (and making light of) at the whole situation given the ironic similarities.
It was meant to be biting, recursive way of illuminating how suppressing people's feelings is a slippery slope of pointlessness since people are going to be who they are. I make another reference in the same vein elsewhere, I do believe.
I won't deny that I'm venting some of my own frustrations. I'm just not telling people to get bent about it.
No one is suppressing your feelings. You are perfectly entitled to post whatever idiotic thought passes though your head at that moment and we are perfectly entitled to rip you a new one over it. The same goes for me, or anyone else for that matter.
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 07:29:47 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:18:56 PM
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 07:15:56 PM
I'll admit that was smack with sarcasm. I thought it'd be taken as a sharp-edged way of laughing (and making light of) at the whole situation given the ironic similarities.
It was meant to be biting, recursive way of illuminating how suppressing people's feelings is a slippery slope of pointlessness since people are going to be who they are. I make another reference in the same vein elsewhere, I do believe.
I won't deny that I'm venting some of my own frustrations. I'm just not telling people to get bent about it.
Yeah, whatever. Thanks for tanking my thread, and my mood. It won't be happening again, at least until I'm dumb enough to forget to blow past your posts.
Okie dokie. So we've established that my opening my mouth around here except with some well-mannered, flawless addition of real content is unwelcome.
Thank you for proving my point...not the way I'd hoped it'd be proven but 360º in the other direction.
Now you're just fucking lying, because I said NOTHING OF THE FUCKING KIND. I was having fun writing a thread, and you decided to come in and smear your fucking butthurt all over the walls, with the INTENT of fucking up the thread. You thought that bullshit wasn't going to upset me? Go fuck up someone else's thread, please. I've had my share.
You know what? I've fucking had it for today.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 04:47:20 PM
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 09, 2012, 04:40:27 PM
Yeah, I've noticed that a common sentiment among noobs has been intimidation about whether their posts are "worthy". A lot of people have said that they would post, but didn't feel like they had anything "good enough" to say.
Fuckit, man. I think that this whole pressure/intimidation thing needs to SHUTUP.
I have no sympathy for people who feel pressured. This whole century, all over the world, is a place where you SHUT UP. As for me, my mama told me "When the rock hits you, holler!" She did NOT say "When the rock hits you, holler if you have something pithy to say.
The very idea that you shouldn't lose your shit or rant your guts up because you don't feel that it would be "good enough" is a sign of Pink conditioning having its effect. Rants are like WOMPs: quality means NOTHING! It's all about the WRATH.
And if someone doesn't like what you posted, kick 'em in the nads. IN THA NADS!
This is not a graduate level English course. This is not a place you post when you've finally written War and Peace. This is a Goddamn Fighting Jesus Up In Your Shit DISCORDIAN BOARD, and there's no fucking grading system. RAGE OUT OR DIE, AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SHUT UP, KILL ME!
ETA: Not just ranting, either. I want you to FURIOUSLY tell me how your day was, if that's all you have to say. JUST FUCKING SAY IT.
:potd:
This part bears repeating because I love it:
QuoteRAGE OUT OR DIE, AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SHUT UP, KILL ME!
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 06:45:19 PM
Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn. I really should be seen and not heard, I know.
Part of the "dropping it" thing people keep advising you to do does not include continuing to call attention to past arguments via the Perpetual Martyr Complex technique. It's actually starting to look an awful lot like attention whoring, and, as someone who actually wants you to succeed in not alienating and angering people, I'll advise you, once again, to drop it.
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 12:09:03 AM
Quote from: navkat on May 09, 2012, 06:45:19 PM
Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn. I really should be seen and not heard, I know.
Part of the "dropping it" thing people keep advising you to do does not include continuing to call attention to past arguments via the Perpetual Martyr Complex technique. It's actually starting to look an awful lot like attention whoring, and, as someone who actually wants you to succeed in not alienating and angering people, I'll advise you, once again, to drop it.
Speaking as a mother, it's too late as far as I'm concerned. I'm not gonna go out of my way to give her a hard time or anything, but seriously, enough is fucking enough.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:25:04 PM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:24:13 PM
Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Nope. He was just unable to, you know, work.
He's waiting for that glorious day, when The Man is struck down, and nobody has to do anything anymore.
An anarchist, unable to actually work?
WHAT A SURPRISE!
:lulz:
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 12:11:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:25:04 PM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:24:13 PM
Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Nope. He was just unable to, you know, work.
He's waiting for that glorious day, when The Man is struck down, and nobody has to do anything anymore.
An anarchist, unable to actually work?
WHAT A SURPRISE!
:lulz:
Shit would just grow/manufacture itself, if The Man wasn't being GREEDY.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 10, 2012, 12:12:30 AM
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 12:11:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:25:04 PM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:24:13 PM
Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Nope. He was just unable to, you know, work.
He's waiting for that glorious day, when The Man is struck down, and nobody has to do anything anymore.
An anarchist, unable to actually work?
WHAT A SURPRISE!
:lulz:
Shit would just grow/manufacture itself, if The Man wasn't being GREEDY.
I had an anarchist flip me off and yell at me today because he was turning left, and I was also turning left, and I didn't let him cut me off. :lulz:
FUCK TRAFFIC LAWS! YEAAAAARGH!!!
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 12:19:22 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 10, 2012, 12:12:30 AM
Quote from: FUCK OFF on May 10, 2012, 12:11:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 09, 2012, 07:25:04 PM
Quote from: Bruce Twillis on May 09, 2012, 07:24:13 PM
Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Nope. He was just unable to, you know, work.
He's waiting for that glorious day, when The Man is struck down, and nobody has to do anything anymore.
An anarchist, unable to actually work?
WHAT A SURPRISE!
:lulz:
Shit would just grow/manufacture itself, if The Man wasn't being GREEDY.
I had an anarchist flip me off and yell at me today because he was turning left, and I was also turning left, and I didn't let him cut me off. :lulz:
FUCK TRAFFIC LAWS! YEAAAAARGH!!!
Traffic laws are just THE MAN, trying to KEEP ME DOWN!
Fuck you guys, I'm gonna write Angela Davis and get her to tear up all the stoplights. You don't think she could? SHE COULD DO IT WITH HER BARE HANDS, AND THEN BEAT THE COPS TO DEATH WITH THE POSTS!
Um.
How is it possible that we don't have an Angela Davis emote?
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 10, 2012, 12:21:25 AM
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Thats rather disappointing. I was hoping a blaze of glory and some sort of rant about THE MAN
Nope. He was just unable to, you know, work.
He's waiting for that glorious day, when The Man is struck down, and nobody has to do anything anymore.
An anarchist, unable to actually work?
WHAT A SURPRISE!
:lulz:
Shit would just grow/manufacture itself, if The Man wasn't being GREEDY.
I had an anarchist flip me off and yell at me today because he was turning left, and I was also turning left, and I didn't let him cut me off. :lulz:
FUCK TRAFFIC LAWS! YEAAAAARGH!!!
Traffic laws are just THE MAN, trying to KEEP ME DOWN!
Fuck you guys, I'm gonna write Angela Davis and get her to tear up all the stoplights. You don't think she could? SHE COULD DO IT WITH HER BARE HANDS, AND THEN BEAT THE COPS TO DEATH WITH THE POSTS!
Um.
How is it possible that we don't have an Angela Davis emote?
:lulz:
If you turn 360º you're facing the same direction, btw.
I won't have the laws of geometry become a victim in this endless bickering!
Welcome to rlyeh trip where the geometry is all wrong all the time.
I hate threads like this because I'm exactly the kind of person who does this shit ALL THE TIME, but you're right.
The problem isn't that I'm worried you'll all judge me, though. In my case, I judge myself before my fingers even hit the keys. I'll have something in my head, and by the time the page with the text field loads I'll have convinced myself that it would have been horrible and wasn't worth writing down anyway.
One thing I've been thinking about lately is that maybe I've been taking some of your writings a little too hard to heart, Dok. It occurs to me that most of your arguments are targeted at arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys: exactly the sort of people who need to be knocked down a peg.
It's becoming gradually more and more evident to me that I have the opposite problem. I'm told in meatspace that I'm brilliant, but I find it impossible to believe. Everything I say must be the vapid jabberings of a repulsive subhuman retard. In my mind, this is the only conceivable possibility.
I'd like to post more. I gather that my content's satisfactory. But I find it impossible regardless.
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 10, 2012, 11:19:23 PM
One thing I've been thinking about lately is that maybe I've been taking some of your writings a little too hard to heart, Dok. It occurs to me that most of your arguments are targeted at arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys: exactly the sort of people who need to be knocked down a peg.
Arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys will INFECT you if you let them.
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 11, 2012, 12:26:14 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 10, 2012, 11:19:23 PM
One thing I've been thinking about lately is that maybe I've been taking some of your writings a little too hard to heart, Dok. It occurs to me that most of your arguments are targeted at arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys: exactly the sort of people who need to be knocked down a peg.
Arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys will INFECT you if you let them.
Yes, I agree.
My problem, however, is that I equate basic self-confidence and self-respect with arrogance, and deliberately avoid it at all costs.
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 10, 2012, 11:19:23 PM
I hate threads like this because I'm exactly the kind of person who does this shit ALL THE TIME, but you're right.
The problem isn't that I'm worried you'll all judge me, though. In my case, I judge myself before my fingers even hit the keys. I'll have something in my head, and by the time the page with the text field loads I'll have convinced myself that it would have been horrible and wasn't worth writing down anyway.
Next time that happens, take yourself out back and punch you until you stop being so fucking critical.
It's the only thing you'll understand.
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:29:49 AM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 11, 2012, 12:26:14 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 10, 2012, 11:19:23 PM
One thing I've been thinking about lately is that maybe I've been taking some of your writings a little too hard to heart, Dok. It occurs to me that most of your arguments are targeted at arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys: exactly the sort of people who need to be knocked down a peg.
Arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys will INFECT you if you let them.
Yes, I agree.
My problem, however, is that I equate basic self-confidence and self-respect with arrogance, and deliberately avoid it at all costs.
You are functioning on bad signal.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2012, 12:37:47 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:29:49 AM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 11, 2012, 12:26:14 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 10, 2012, 11:19:23 PM
One thing I've been thinking about lately is that maybe I've been taking some of your writings a little too hard to heart, Dok. It occurs to me that most of your arguments are targeted at arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys: exactly the sort of people who need to be knocked down a peg.
Arrogant, entitled 21st-century monkeys will INFECT you if you let them.
Yes, I agree.
My problem, however, is that I equate basic self-confidence and self-respect with arrogance, and deliberately avoid it at all costs.
You are functioning on bad signal.
This seems probable. "Insufferable narcissist vs. absolute doormat" reeks of false dichotomy.
At the same time, it seems to be fundamentally ingrained in my psyche. Maybe it's because confidence is simply a foreign concept to my mind.
EDIT: No. Bullshit on my part. Under my "TigerwiseVillain" alias, elsewhere on the internet, I have plenty of confidence. It just isn't evident to the rest of me.
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:41:52 AM
This seems probable. "Insufferable narcissist vs. absolute doormat" reeks of false dichotomy.
At the same time, it seems to be fundamentally ingrained in my psyche.
BALLS AND FUCKING RUBBISH. You are not a computer, to be programmed. You are not write once/read many. You are a PEOPLE and PEOPLE can change their psyche.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2012, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:41:52 AM
This seems probable. "Insufferable narcissist vs. absolute doormat" reeks of false dichotomy.
At the same time, it seems to be fundamentally ingrained in my psyche.
BALLS AND FUCKING RUBBISH. You are not a computer, to be programmed. You are not write once/read many. You are a PEOPLE and PEOPLE can change their psyche.
Well, yeah. Problem is, I need to figure out how to do it first.
It's like you said. Conditioning. Takes a lot to break that shit.
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:56:16 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2012, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:41:52 AM
This seems probable. "Insufferable narcissist vs. absolute doormat" reeks of false dichotomy.
At the same time, it seems to be fundamentally ingrained in my psyche.
BALLS AND FUCKING RUBBISH. You are not a computer, to be programmed. You are not write once/read many. You are a PEOPLE and PEOPLE can change their psyche.
Well, yeah. Problem is, I need to figure out how to do it first.
It's like you said. Conditioning. Takes a lot to break that shit.
I'd like to suggest the patented TGRR ego-pumping exercises that made him the festering corpse he is today.
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:56:16 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2012, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:41:52 AM
This seems probable. "Insufferable narcissist vs. absolute doormat" reeks of false dichotomy.
At the same time, it seems to be fundamentally ingrained in my psyche.
BALLS AND FUCKING RUBBISH. You are not a computer, to be programmed. You are not write once/read many. You are a PEOPLE and PEOPLE can change their psyche.
Well, yeah. Problem is, I need to figure out how to do it first.
It's like you said. Conditioning. Takes a lot to break that shit.
The most important part is making the decision to do it. After that, you just figure it out. But you can't figure it out until you make the decision.
You just make it a point to refute the stupid thoughts with something rational when they pop in your head. I mean, people will try to grind racism and evangelicism and everything else into you, and you're on top of that, right? This works the same way. After a few weeks you stop thinking it, same as you quit reaching for a pack of smokes after you've quit awhile. It gets into your subconscious, I guess.
Question everything!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on May 11, 2012, 12:48:05 AM
Quote from: Uncle Wallified on May 11, 2012, 12:41:52 AM
This seems probable. "Insufferable narcissist vs. absolute doormat" reeks of false dichotomy.
At the same time, it seems to be fundamentally ingrained in my psyche.
BALLS AND FUCKING RUBBISH. You are not a computer, to be programmed. You are not write once/read many. You are a PEOPLE and PEOPLE can change their psyche.
You are not Write Once Read Many --> You're not a WORM :)
good question 8)